Courts & Legal Forms Resources

Washington State Legal Forms - If you are outside of the Libraries, you will need to enter your Spokane Public Library card number to use this database of fillable, printable, and downloadable legal forms covering hundreds of subjects and issues. It also provides links to Tax forms for every state. To learn more, read the FAQ on their first page.

You do not need a library card or a reservation for access to government websites. All government websites are accessible from any Catalog Computer in all Spokane City Libraries.

You can also use The Supreme Court Database to find US Supreme Court Cases from 1953 to 2009. Try Oyez.orgto find Supreme Court cases, news, and to browse Supreme Court cases by issue. Try OpenJurist.orgto find court opinions back to the earliest cases of the US Supreme Court and from the US Court of Appeals.

You can also use Google Scholar to read legal documents from select courts. You can find cases and read full-text legal opinions from U.S. and state district, appellate, and supreme courts.

United States Supreme Court Reports: bound volumes are in Closed Stacks. JU 6.8

Northwest Women's Law Center Legal Voice offers a Legal Information and Referral (I&R) telephone line staffed by volunteer attorneys, paralegals and law students. Their website also provides Self-Help and Legal Education materials for the general public about family law and other consumer subjects. Many of their materials contain examples of forms.